Software Engineer, Full Stack (Mid)

We’re putting together a talented team to build the #1 training platform for Runners

We help everyday runners become outstanding by providing world-class training, coaching and community for everyone, whether you’re improving your 5k time or training for your first marathon. To date we have built iOS, Android and Apple watch apps that help people achieve their goals by coaching them through the full journey and syncing to their favourite fitness devices.

We’re growing extremely fast and in November 2023 closed a new £5M funding round led by JamJar with participation from Eka Ventures, Venrex and Creator Ventures. We want to grow as fast as we can into the future and are looking for individuals who will help us get there. For more about our background and growth check out our Careers Page!

We’re now looking ahead to the future and the people who want to help us build and scale Runna. Our aim is to reach millions of subscribers in the next 5 years and be the go-to training platform for any runner. Now is a magical time to join, we’re still small, and everyone makes a foundational difference.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for talented, creative and positive team players to join our highly-skilled Cross-Functional Engineering Team to help deliver new features for our iOS, Android and Apple watch applications and third-party integrations (Garmin, Strava, Coros, Fitbit Suuntu etc). You will work closely with our founders and CTO to help shape the future of Runna, who will support you all along this exciting journey.

As a Software Engineer, your role will include:

• Architect, build, test and deliver new features across the full stack
• Work with the Product team to identify the most suitable solution for the best customer experience
• Always be on hand to help other team members when they need help on technical matters
• Help us operate more efficiently, by building and maintaining our developer tooling and CI/CD pipeline
• We rotate the responsibility of releases across each team member, so you will get the opportunity to lead the process and deploy changes to production

Software Engineer Interview Process

Our aim is to keep the interview process as straightforward and enjoyable as possible, and will consist of the following stages:

1. Kick off! (apply below)
2. Introductory chat (30-minute video call)
3. Take home technical task (max 1-2 hours to complete, or if you have something interesting you recently built and would like to showcase then that’s perfectly OK)
4. 1.5-hour technical interview (the first half of the call will be used to discuss the take-home technical task from the previous stage and the second half will consist of two live coding exercises from https://leetcode.com/ and some general architecture/tech questions)
5. Meet the team (in-person chat with founder(s) and rest of the team)

Once the process is finished, we promise to let you know our decision as soon as possible.

What experience we’re looking for

If you don’t quite meet all of the below skills, we’d still love to hear from you as we might be able to tweak the role slightly or offer you a position better suited for you. You can apply directly below or contact us if you’re still unsure.

Your key skills:

• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript experience
• Able to work in a highly skilled engineering team in a fast-paced, iterative environment
• 2+ years experience in your main expertise area (Frontend, Backend etc)
• Comfortable picking up new things and working on technologies outside your comfort zone
• Are skilled in delivering features end-to-end, from architecture design and building through to releasing, testing and supporting
• Enthusiasm for our ways of working which include:
  • Iterative development, continuous deployment and test automation
  • Knowledge sharing, pair programming, collaborative design & development
  • Shared code ownership & cross-functional teams

Bonus points if you:

• Are experienced in delivering features full-stack
• Are experienced in Python or SwiftUI
• Are experienced in deployment, releasing cycles or CI/CD
• Have experience with React Native
• Have experience with Serverless architectures
• Have experience with AWS
• Experience with Terraform or other IaC tooling (e.g. CDK, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Have experience in open source contributions, including reporting bugs/issues in GitHub, testing new releases, or contributing to code
• Have a strong interest in the health/fitness technologies

Our tech stack

Below you can find a small reflection of our current tech stack:

Frontend:

• React Native (iOS and Android)
• Typescript
• GraphQL (Apollo Client)
• Fastlane
• SwiftUI (Apple Watch)
• Maestro E2E tests

Backend:

• Serverless (AWS)
• Lambdas (NodeJS & Python)
• AWS AppSync
• DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, SageMaker
• Postman API tests

All the other good stuff:

• Sentry
• GitHub Actions
• Intercom, Mixpanel
• RevenueCat
• App Store Connect / Play Store
• Figma

We offer a salary of £42,500 – £100,000 (depending on experience), plus equity in the form of Runna stock options.

** Based on years of direct, relevant experience. Software Engineer I £42.5k, Software Engineer II £47.5-60k, Software Engineer III £60-75k, Software Engineer IV £77.5-92.5k, Software Engineer V £95k+

We’ll be growing our package of benefits over time. We currently offer:

• Flexible working (we typically work 2-3 days in our office in Vauxhall)
• Salary reviews every 6 months or whenever we raise more investment
• 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays
• A workplace pension scheme where if you pay 5% we pay 3%
• A brand new Macbook, a running watch of your choice, and anything else you need to do your best work
• Private health insurance
• Enhanced family care policy (3 months fully paid leave when a new Runna joins the family, fertility support & other benefits)
• An hour slot each week (during work time) to do a Runna workout

At Runna we have a limited number of employment visas that we are able to sponsor and are limited by govt. guidelines so cannot guarantee a visa sponsorship to all applicants. Please do apply though as we will consider all applicants.